they had allowed drivers such as the prius to cruise in the car pool layne for free.ut those motorists must now pay the full bridge toll. zero emission vehicles like all electric cars remain exempt. big rv owners will take a hit under the new law tomorrow as the bay area's 7 state owned bridges, the toll for 5-axle semis jumps nearly 7 bucks to $18. >>> advocates for prisoners are wrapping up a news conference at this hour in oakland to announce a hunger strike at a notorious california prison. the group rallied at the federal building to speak out against conditions inside pelican bay state prison in crescent city. tomorrow inmates will begin a hunger strike to protest their treatment in a prison security housing unit or shu. the prisoners claim they are subjected to long-term solitary confinement, collective punishment and forced snitching on other inmates. advocates called the conditions deplorable and inhumane. >> when you're put in a 6 by 10 concrete correctly can no windows, no access to sunlight. no human interaction, no human contact, with only cement being yo